Norway 1855 Lion First issue

• Issue Date: 1 January 1855
• Designed by: N.A.H. Zarbell
• Printed by: Chr. Wulfsberg
• Print Process: Typo
• Perforations: none
• Watermark: Lion
• Catalogue N°s Michel 1, Yvert 6-10, SG (1955) 1-2

First issue of Norway. Coat of Arms (Lion raising an axe, crown). Many reprints exist.

Unused stamps

Rare: quoted at 2,000 € in 2005 without gum.

Large left margin. Proposed 8,000 DM in 1978.

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Used stamps

Antiqua blue at AALESUND. Sold 2,100 SF in 1994.

Antiqua circle at SARPSBORG in 1858.

Antiqua circle at Brevig (?). Sold 1,100 SF in 1978.

Blue grid. Sold 600 DM in 1981.

Numeral cancels

14 luxus, upper margin

159 at Kongsvinger.

172 at Larvik.

306 luxus, upper margin

Multiples

Strip of 4, BERGEN cancel in 1856.